What is the main reason precipitation forms on the windward side of a mountain?
A. frontal lifting
B. evaporation
C. orographic lifting
D. convergent lifting
E. convective lifting
C
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The Franciscan Complex is mostly composed of materials that were deposited in a continental setting
a. True b. False
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An igneous pegmatite indicates that
A. the rock cooled quickly. B. there was water in the magma. C. the rock cooled slowly and then quickly. D. the ash and pumice were hot and became compacted. E. the rock broke apart as it flowed.
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The largest dam in the world is
A) Oroville Dam. B) Grand Coulee Dam. C) Hoover Dam. D) Three Gorges Dam. E) Jinping-1 Dam.
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